Hospitals give up money to help pay for Obama's overhaul.

David Miliband has called for organisational reform of the Labour Party as he warned that voters were pressing the "fast forward button" on politics.

HARARE: Zimbabwe's state media reported Monday that President Robert Mugabe described the US assistant secretary of state for African affairs as ``an idiot'' after an acrimonious meeting between the two at an African summit in Libya.

WASHINGTON - They are the biggest of the big - the Citigroups, the Goldman Sachses, the AIGs and other financial behemoths.

He's more powerful; she's more popular. He sells millions of books he's written; she sells millions of magazines she's posed for.

Robert S. McNamara, the cerebral secretary of defense vilified for his role in escalating the Vietnam War, a disastrous conflict he later denounced as "terribly wrong," died Monday.

President Barack Obama, working to drastically reshape U.S. relations with a skeptical Russia, said Tuesday the two countries are not "destined to be antagonists." Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin looks on during a meeting in Moscow on in this Jan.

Presidential candidate Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono , accompanied by his family, speaks to journalists after his vote in Cikeas.

G8 leaders have failed to get emerging powers to agree climate change goals for 2050 and conclusions from their summit will not directly refer to a sensitive debate about the domination of the dollar.

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan appears before the Illinois Reform Commission in Chicago.

A military strike to thwart Iran's nuclear weapons capability remains on the table but could have grave and unpredictable consequences, the top U.S. military officer said Tuesday.

Comments on Michael Jackson on the day of his memorial service and videos of the statements: "Ever since I was born, Daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine.

Democrat Al Franken, who is finally being sworn in Tuesday as Minnesota's junior senator, wants to serve as a "people's proxy" during the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.

Will Michael Jackson's memorial be a more widely watched event than President Barack Obama's inauguration? Comparisons with Obama's January swearing-in - a much-watched event experienced by many on their computers at work - were rife Tuesday, as the King of

Saying global warming poses unprecedented threats to Americans' way of life, four of President Barack Obama's top environmental and energy officials urged the Senate on Tuesday to pass legislation to reduce the pollution linked to the planet's rising temperature.

L'AQUILA, Italy (AP) - President Barack Obama joined other leaders of the industrialized world Wednesday in backing new targets for battling global warming. But the wealthy nations were unable to persuade leaders of developing countries to...